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ICE terrorism hurts student learning… and water is wet
Today on AOTA Shorts: In a both groundbreaking and not at all surprising analysis of student test scores from a Florida community besieged by ICE ter…
6 months ago
While the USDOE Trolls us Online, Voters in Colorado Say Tax the Rich to Feed the Kids
This Week: We begin with some highlights from members of the AOTA family. One listener responds to last week’s discussion about vouchers and reports …
6 months, 1 week ago
Turning School into Shopping at Amazon, and the Continued Gaslighting of Educators About Antisemitism
This Week: The state of Florida has distinguished itself in recent years as a true laboratory for right wing extremist policy in education. Well, the…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Cops pull guns on Black student: AI said his bag of chips was a gun
Today on AOTA Shorts: Algorithmic bias is the technical term. Racism in, racism out. But in practice, the unthinkable nearly came to pass last week w…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Those who can’t do, teach…right?
This Week: The popular narrative in the American public discourse that teaching is somehow both super easy -- you get off at 3, you have summers off,…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
AI Is Eroding Student-Teacher Trust
Today on AOTA Shorts: You’ve probably thought about the consequences of AI in school -- cheating, making us dumber, rampant and undetectable plagiari…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
A Dose of Their Own Medicine: CO District Sued for Book Bans
Today on AOTA Shorts: We’ve talked a lot about the potential costs to school systems (and taxpayers, of course) for the madness of book bans and laws…
7 months ago
Trump & McMahon Put Nail in the Coffin of USDOE
Today on AOTA Shorts: They said they were going to do it before the election. They began the process of death by 1000 cuts (or a few dozen cuts as it…
7 months ago
Cash for Attendance: Good Look, or Nah?
This Week: Everyone in education knows that chronic absenteeism is a big deal. While the numbers are improving slowly in recent years, we’ve still ye…
7 months, 1 week ago
Teacher Pay Penalty Hits Record High
Today on AOTA Shorts: You’ve heard it all… summers off, your day ends at 3pm, so many holidays, what you do is so admirable, affirmations of the beli…
7 months, 1 week ago